Characterization of soft skills as an academic and organizational management tool

Abstract

Introduction: Functional organizational management
in many cases is affected by serious difficulties in the
emotional management of the collaborators that make
up this fabric. For this reason, today's organizational
leaders are becoming aware of the need to deepen the
suitability of those linked to their companies, for this
reason, early characterization of individuals is a functional strategy to ensure such profiles. Objective: To design an instrument that allows early characterization of soft skills as an academic and organizational management tool. Methodology: This paper has been carried out from a quantitative descriptive, non-experimental, field approach,
with convenience sampling. Results: The findings of the
design of the instrument aligned to the competencies with their respective raw scores are presented are as follows: systems and investigative thinking 7, creativity and innovation 9, empathy 9, entrepreneurship 8, flexibility 10, integrity 6, multitasking 7, critical thinking 6, technology 7, effective teamwork 10, inspiring vision 10, and overall average 8.1. Conclusions: The designed proposal allows harmonizing soft skills in a structured way generating value for future applied research.